Luminous Axis

Luminous Axis
Studio album by
Releasedtracks 1–12: August 18, 2002
tracks 13–15: August 8, 2002
Studiotracks 1–12: Mills College, Oakland, California
tracks 13–15: Frank Booth, Brooklyn
GenreJazz
Length54:45
LabelTzadik
ProducerWadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith chronology
The Year of the Elephant
(2002)
Luminous Axis
(2002)
Organic Resonance
(2003)

Luminous Axis (subtitled The Caravans of Winter and Summer) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith which was recorded in 2002 and released on the Tzadik Records' Composer Series. The album includes an extended suite for four laptops and trumpet, two duets with Ikue Mori and a composition featuring the percussionist William Winant.